Single-player games like Alan Wake's American Nightmare
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Alan Wake's American Nightmare, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Alan Wake
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake's American Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake's American Nightmare.
A Dark Presence stalks the small town of Bright Falls, pushing Alan Wake to the brink of sanity in his fight to unravel the mystery and save his love.
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No One Returns
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake's American Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake's American Nightmare.
Have you ever wondered what happens if you wake up and everyone is simply gone? No One Returns is a third-person survival horror game. Play as Denis, search a chillingly silent city for clues about your missing family while fighting the frightening zombies swarming the streets.
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Lurking Danger
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake's American Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake's American Nightmare.
Lurking Danger is a survival horror where Elena and Regina, two diner waitresses, uncover a dark secret. Reality twists into a nightmare as they face terrifying creatures. Play solo or in split-screen co-op, solve puzzles, and fight for survival in a haunting atmosphere.
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The Veil of Death
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake's American Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake's American Nightmare.
A psychological horror game inspired by the myths and legends of Mexican folklore, set in the Juárez Hospital in Mexico City in 2007. Explore, solve puzzles, fight entities from beyond and reconstruct the truth behind a forgotten tragedy.
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Wall Of Insanity 2
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake's American Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake's American Nightmare.
Survive a relentless descent into a bio-organic nightmare. As a member of specialized tactical unit, navigate a decaying dimension to locate a vanished squad. Engage in high-stakes combat where every shadow hides an unspeakable horror. The veil is thinning - will you make it out?
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Connection: The Nightmare Within
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake's American Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake's American Nightmare.
Inspired by the classics such as Resident Evil, Silent Hill and Alone In the Dark: Detective Stone investigates a shadow conspiracy. Explore atmospheric levels, fight monsters, and solve puzzles. Unravel a story of twists and turns. Choose classic fixed camera, or over-the-shoulder.
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Dead Space
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake's American Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake's American Nightmare.
The sci-fi survival-horror classic returns, completely rebuilt to offer an even more immersive experience — including visual, audio, and gameplay improvements — while staying faithful to the original game’s thrilling vision.
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The Last of Us™ Part I
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake's American Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake's American Nightmare.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
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Serious Sam 3: BFE
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake's American Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Alan Wake's American Nightmare.
Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!
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The Evil Within
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake's American Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Alan Wake's American Nightmare.
Developed by Shinji Mikami -- creator of the seminal Resident Evil series -- and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake's American Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake's American Nightmare.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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SILENT HILL 2
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake's American Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake's American Nightmare.
Investigating a letter from his late wife, James returns to where they made so many memories - Silent Hill. What he finds is a ghost town, prowled by disturbing monsters and cloaked in deep fog. Confront the monsters, solve puzzles, and search for traces of your wife in this remake of SILENT HILL 2.
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Twilight
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake's American Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Alan Wake's American Nightmare.
Twilight is a small dividing line between light and darkness. Sometimes you have to choose where you should stay and for what purpose.
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CONTROL Ultimate Edition
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake's American Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Alan Wake's American Nightmare.
Winner of over 80 awards, CONTROL is a visually stunning third-person action-adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
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Quantum Break
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake's American Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Alan Wake's American Nightmare.
From Remedy Entertainment, the masters of cinematic action games, comes Quantum Break, a time-amplified suspenseful blockbuster. The Quantum Break experience is part game, part live action show—where decisions in one dramatically affect the other.
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Max Payne
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake's American Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Alan Wake's American Nightmare.
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…
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Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake's American Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Alan Wake's American Nightmare.
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne is a violent, film-noir love story. Dark, tragic and intense, the in-depth story is a thrill-ride of shocking twists and revelations. Love hurts.
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Death Rally
Single-player alternative to Alan Wake's American Nightmare — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Alan Wake's American Nightmare.
Load your guns, start your engines...THE CLASSIC IS BACK! Brought to you from Remedy, renowned developers of Max Payne and Alan Wake, Remedy's Death Rally classic top down racer is back, stronger and more vicious than ever.